The Buddhist flag is a flag designed to symbolise Buddhism. It was in designed in 1880 by a committee comprised of Ven Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera (Chairman), Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera, Don Carolis Hewavitharana (father of Anagarika Dharmapala), Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana (maternal grandfather of Anagarika Dharmapala), William de Abrew, Charles A. de Silva, Peter de Abrew, H. William Fernando, N. S. Fernando and Carolis Pujitha Gunawardena (Secretary). Colonel Henry Steele Olcott, an American journalist later made sug ...

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The Buddhist flag is a flag designed to symbolise Buddhism. It was in designed in 1880 by a committee comprised of Ven Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera (Chairman), Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera, Don Carolis Hewavitharana (father of Anagarika Dharmapala), Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana (maternal grandfather of Anagarika Dharmapala), William de Abrew, Charles A. de Silva, Peter de Abrew, H. William Fernando, N. S. Fernando and Carolis Pujitha Gunawardena (Secretary). Colonel Henry Steele Olcott, an American journalist later made sug ...

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Buddhism is a religion with millions of followers in the United States, including traditionally Buddhist Asian Americans as well as non-Asian converts. The U.S. presents a strikingly new and different environment for Buddhists, leading to a unique history and a continuing process of development as Buddhism and America come to grips with each other. Buddhism in the United States - Early history. Occasional intersections between Western civilization and the Buddhist world have been occurring for thousands of years. ...

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• Buddhism in the United States - Modern American Buddhism
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• Buddhism in the United States - Demographics of Buddhism in the United States
• Buddhism in the United States - Ethnic divide
• Buddhism in the United States - Trends in American Buddhism
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Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, who lived in what is now Northern India and Nepal between 566 and 483 BCE. Buddhism spread throughout the ancient Indian sub-continent in the five centuries following his death. It continued to spread into Central, Southeast, and East Asia over the next two millennia. With approximately 708 million followers, Buddhism is a major world religion whose adherents are called Buddhists. Buddhist denominations are historically categ ...

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• Buddhism - What is a Buddha?
• Buddhism - Origins
• Buddhism - Principles of Buddhism
• Buddhism - The Four Noble Truths
• Buddhism - The Noble Eightfold Path
• Buddhism - Practices of Buddhism
• Buddhism - Refuge in The Three Jewels
• Buddhism - The Five Precepts
• Buddhism - Meditation
• Buddhism - Buddha-dhatu Buddha-Principle, Buddha-nature
• Buddhism - Other principles and practices
• Buddhism - Vegetarianism
• Buddhism - Buddhist religious philosophy and branches
• Buddhism - Buddhism after the Buddha
• Buddhism - Principal schools of Buddhist philosophy
• Buddhism - Scriptures
• Buddhism - Relations with other Eastern faiths
• Buddhism - Buddhism in the modern world
• Buddhism - Buddhism and the West
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• Buddhism - References and Links
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Sarnath (formerly also Mrigadava, Rishipattana, Isipatana), located 13 kilometres from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, is the deer park where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha was founded. Sarnath - Origin of names. Mrigadava means "deer-park". Isipatana is the name used in the Pali Canon, and means the place where holy men (Pali: isi, Sanskrit: rishi) fell to earth. The legend says that when the Buddha-to-be was born, some ...

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Soyen Shaku (1859 – 1919; sometimes written as Soen Shaku or Kogaku So’en Shaku) was the first Zen Buddhist master to teach in the United States. He was a Roshi of the Rinzai school and was abbot of both Kencho-ji and Engaku-ji temples in Kamakura, Japan. Shaku was a disciple of Imakita Kosen. Soyen Shaku was an exceptional Zen monk. In his youth, his master, Kosen, and others had recognized him to be naturally advantaged. Three years after he had received “Dharma transmission” from Kosen at age 25, Soyen took the unique step of traveling to Ceylon to study Pali and Theravada Buddhism and l ...

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A number of noted individuals have been Buddhists. List of Buddhists - Historical Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools. Individuals are grouped by nationality, except in cases where the vast majority of their influence was felt elsewhere. List of Buddhists - Indian. The Buddha Shakyamuni, Siddhartha Gautama Ananda, Siddhartha's cousin and one of his chief disciples Aryadeva foremost disciple of Nagarjuna, continued the philosophical school of Madhyam ...

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• List of Buddhists - Teachers of controversial Buddhist or Buddhist-influenced groups
• List of Buddhists - Modern scholars and authors
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Buddhism is a religion with millions of followers in the United States, including traditionally Buddhist Asian Americans as well as non-Asian converts. The U.S. presents a strikingly new and different environment for Buddhists, leading to a unique history and a continuing process of development as Buddhism and America come to grips with each other. Buddhism in the United States - Early history. Occasional intersections between Western civilization and the Buddhist world have been occurring for thousands of years. ...

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• Buddhism in the United States - Early history
• Buddhism in the United States - Modern American Buddhism
• Buddhism in the United States - Immigrant Buddhists
• Buddhism in the United States - Import Buddhists
• Buddhism in the United States - Export Buddhists
• Buddhism in the United States - Demographics of Buddhism in the United States
• Buddhism in the United States - Ethnic divide
• Buddhism in the United States - Trends in American Buddhism
• Buddhism in the United States - Engaged Buddhism
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Buddhism, a religion and philosophy from ancient India, is based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, of the Shakyas. His lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 483 BCE; it spread throughout the Indian subcontinent in the five centuries following his death. Missionaries would carry Buddhism throughout Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Tibet, as well as East Asian countries such as China, Korea, and Japan in the following two millenia. Buddhism is classified as an Ārya dharma ("Noble religion") and is one ...

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• Buddhism - What is a Buddha?
• Buddhism - Origins
• Buddhism - Principles of Buddhism
• Buddhism - The Three Marks of Existence
• Buddhism - The Four Noble Truths
• Buddhism - The Noble Eightfold Path
• Buddhism - Practices of Buddhism
• Buddhism - Refuge in The Three Jewels
• Buddhism - The Five Precepts
• Buddhism - Meditation
• Buddhism - Buddha-dhatu Buddha-Principle Buddha-nature
• Buddhism - Other principles and practices
• Buddhism - Vegetarianism
• Buddhism - Buddhist religious philosophy and branches
• Buddhism - Buddhism after the Buddha
• Buddhism - Principal schools of Buddhist philosophy
• Buddhism - Scriptures
• Buddhism - Relations with other Eastern faiths
• Buddhism - Buddhism in the modern world
• Buddhism - Buddhism and the West
• Buddhism - Buddhism
• Buddhism - Related systems and religions
• Buddhism - References and Links
• Buddhism - References
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• Buddhism - External links

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All of the ancient buildings and structures at Sarnath were damaged or destroyed by the Turks. However, amongst the ruins the Dhamekh Stupa is an impressive 128 feet high and 93 feet in diameter. The Dharmarajika Stupa is one of the few pre-Ashokan stupas remaining, although only the foundations remain. The decaying ruins of the Mulagandhakuti vihara mark the place where the Buddha spent his first rainy season while to the east is the modern Mulagandhakuti Vihara with its beautiful wall paintings and behind it the Deer Par ...

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Sarnath, Sarnath - Origin of names, Sarnath - History, Sarnath - Features, Sarnath - Discourses

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A new body of urban capitalists was growing in the low country, around shop-keeping and the alcohol and wood-work industries. These entrepreneurs were not necessarily high-caste, and they rejected the casteist Buddhism of the old clergy of the Siam Nikaya. Around 1800 they organised the Amarapura Nikaya, which became hegemonic in the low-country by the mid-19th century. The British attempt at giving a Protestant Christian education to the young men of the commercial classes backfired, as they transformed the Buddhism practised in Sri ...

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Sri Lanka Independence Struggle, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - British Colonial Rule, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Plantation Economy, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - The Buddhist Resurgence and the 1915 Riot, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Dharmapala 1915 and the Ceylon National Congress, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - The Youth Leagues and the Struggle for Independence, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Suriya-Mal Movement, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Malaria Epidemic and floods, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is formed, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Bracegirdle, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Second World War, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Estate Strike Wave, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Underground Struggle, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Cocos Islands Mutiny, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Free Lanka Bill, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Post-war Unrest, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - General Election 1947

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Traditionally, the Salagama were divided into four sub-castes: Panividakara ('messengers') - headmen Hewapanne ('soldiers') - militia Kurundukara ('cinnamon workers') - Cinnamon peelers Uliyakkara ('servants') - Palanquin bearers and fan bearers However, in modern times there is a simple two-fold division between the Hewapanne and the Kurundukara. The former are of higher statu ...

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Salagama, Salagama - History, Salagama - Origin, Salagama - Colonial period, Salagama - Buddhist revival, Salagama - Modern radicalism, Salagama - Sub-castes, Salagama - Occupations, Salagama - Distinguished Salagamas

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Mahabodhi Temple - Rise of Buddhism. Traditional accounts say that, around 530 BC, Gautam Buddha, wandering as a monk, reached the sylvan banks of Falgu River, near the city of Gaya, India. There he sat in meditation under a peepul tree (Ficus religiosa or Sacred Fig), which later became known as the Bodhi tree. According to Buddhist scriptures, after three days and three nights, Siddharta attained enlightenment and the answers that he had sought. Mahab ...

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Mahabodhi Temple, Mahabodhi Temple - History, Mahabodhi Temple - Rise of Buddhism, Mahabodhi Temple - Construction, Mahabodhi Temple - Decline, Mahabodhi Temple - Restoration, Mahabodhi Temple - Architectural style, Mahabodhi Temple - Current status and management

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The Buddha went to Sarnath from Bodh Gaya after his enlightenment. He was seeking his five former companions. Having found them he taught them and they also became enlightened, and hence the Sangha, or community of the enlightened ones, was founded. The Buddha spent the next rainy season in Sarnath at the mulagandhakuti vihara. The Sangha having grown to 60 in number, the Buddha sent them out in ...

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Sarnath, Sarnath - Origin of names, Sarnath - History, Sarnath - Features, Sarnath - Discourses

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The school was founded by Rev Joseph Marsh, the acting Colonial Chaplain at St. Paul's Church (and former Mathematics and Classical Tutor at Christian College, Kotte) as the Hill Street Academy, a private institution to educate the children of the upper classes. In January 1836, the British Colonial Governor Sir Robert Wilmot Horton converted it, as the Colombo Academy, into a government school modelled on Eton College, with Marsh continuing as Head master. The third oldest Public School on the island, it was intended to give to the children of leading Sri Lankans an education which would ma ...

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Royal College Colombo, Royal College Colombo - History, Royal College Colombo - Houses, Royal College Colombo - Royal-Thomian, Royal College Colombo - Head Masters, Royal College Colombo - Principals, Royal College Colombo - Notable Masters, Royal College Colombo - Notable Old Boys, Royal College Colombo - Links

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Salagama - Origin. The Salagama have a myth of origin ascribing to them 'higher' caste roots. According to this myth Saliyas were of Brahmin origin and were brought across the sea from Malabar (i.e. Kerala) by ship. However, since they would 'lose caste' if they touched the water, they had to be carried ashore by members of the Govigama caste. The myth of Brahmin origin may have originated in Kerala, where the Saliya have a myth of similar origin . It is significant that in the Kandyan areas the Salagamas were identified as weavers (Wiyana Haali), which is the same as ...

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Salagama, Salagama - History, Salagama - Origin, Salagama - Colonial period, Salagama - Buddhist revival, Salagama - Modern radicalism, Salagama - Sub-castes, Salagama - Occupations, Salagama - Distinguished Salagamas

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Mahabodhi Temple is constructed of brick and is one the oldest brick structures to have survived in eastern India. It considered to a fine example of Indian brickwork, and was highly influential in the development of later architectural traditions. According UNESCO, “the present temple is one of the earliest and most imposing structures built entirely in brick from the late Gupta period”. Mahabodhi Temple's central towers rise to 55 meteres, and were heavily renovated in the 19th century. The central tower is surrounde ...

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Mahabodhi Temple, Mahabodhi Temple - History, Mahabodhi Temple - Rise of Buddhism, Mahabodhi Temple - Construction, Mahabodhi Temple - Decline, Mahabodhi Temple - Restoration, Mahabodhi Temple - Architectural style, Mahabodhi Temple - Current status and management

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In the present day, the Salagama predominance in cinnamon cultivation has declined, the higher status of the caste leading to its members abandoning their traditional occupation. Many Salagamas in the Hikkaduwa area became coral miners until the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 swept away their villages. The coral-lime kilns gave employment to many more. The Railway made access to employment in Colombo and other urban centres very much easier, and the caste became a very important part of the working class. Its higher echelons became notabl ...

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Salagama, Salagama - History, Salagama - Origin, Salagama - Colonial period, Salagama - Buddhist revival, Salagama - Modern radicalism, Salagama - Sub-castes, Salagama - Occupations, Salagama - Distinguished Salagamas

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The young people who stepped into the shoes of Dharmapala organised themselves into Youth Leagues, seeking freedom and justice for the people of Sri Lanka. The first moves came not from Dharmapala's ethnic group, but from the Tamil youth of Jaffna. In 1924 The Jaffna Students’ Congress, later renamed the Jaffna Youth Congress (JYC) was founded. Influenced by the Indian Independence movement, it was secular and committed to Poorana Swaraj (Complete Self-Rule), national unity and the eradication of inequalities imposed by caste. In 19 ...

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Sri Lanka Independence Struggle, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - British Colonial Rule, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Plantation Economy, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - The Buddhist Resurgence and the 1915 Riot, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Dharmapala 1915 and the Ceylon National Congress, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - The Youth Leagues and the Struggle for Independence, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Suriya-Mal Movement, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Malaria Epidemic and floods, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is formed, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Bracegirdle, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Second World War, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Estate Strike Wave, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Underground Struggle, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Cocos Islands Mutiny, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Free Lanka Bill, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - Post-war Unrest, Sri Lanka Independence Struggle - General Election 1947

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